Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Divorce — Marital home — Valuation Bertin Ngamy Noutchang (“Husband”) and Sidonie Feutcha (“Wife”) divorced in November 2019. In their Judgment of Absolute Divorce, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County awarded Wife $104,649 as a share of the home they ...

Divorce — Marital property — Valuation Sher Ali Chaudry, the appellant, challenges an order of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County granting his wife, Nantara Chaudry, an absolute divorce, a marital award, joint legal and shared physical custody of the ...

Divorce — Marital separation agreement — Leave to amend petition This case arises from a divorce between appellant Mark Rosenthal (“Husband”) and appellee Gina Rosenthal (“Wife”). 1 Husband appeals from orders entered by the Circuit Court for Carroll County on ...

Divorce — Alimony — Tax reimbursement This case presents a single issue: whether the circuit court erred in its calculation of the amount Ghazi Mohamed Chaoui owed to Tori Shawy as reimbursement for taxes Ms. Shawy paid on alimony she ...

Alimony — Retroactive alimony — Pendente lite order Following a three-day trial in July 2019, the Circuit Court for Montgomery County granted appellant Martin Katz and appellee Colleen Kildale a judgment of absolute divorce. Mr. Katz timely appealed and presents ...

Alimony — Motion to modify — Material change in circumstances This appeal arises from a court’s denial of a father’s motion to modify his child support and alimony obligations. After a hearing, the court found that there had been no ...

Divorce — Alimony — Rehabilitative alimony This appeal arises out of a memorandum opinion and order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County granting an absolute divorce between Ebrima Nying (“Husband”) and Hujayja Nying (“Wife”). In the same memorandum opinion ...

Divorce — Prenuptial agreement — Validity This comes to us from two interlocutory orders in an ongoing divorce case. In one of the orders, the court invalidated the prenuptial agreement between the parties at the request of the wife. In ...

Divorce — Alimony — Calculation On August 30, 2019, the Circuit Court of Washington County entered a Judgment of Absolute Divorce between Gregory Martin Jimenez (“Appellant”) and Michelle Lee Long-Jimenez (“Appellee”). Under the Circuit Court’s decree, Appellant must make rehabilitative ...

Divorce — Motion to revise Qualified Domestic Relations Order — Timeliness Appellant, Felicia Maxsam, challenges that the Circuit Court erred in granting Appellee David Maxsam’s Motion to Revise and Amend Qualified Domestic Relations Order (“QDRO”) because the Motion was filed ...